Quote Originally Posted by OKCbyTRANSFER View Post
I just came back from PA (had to fly in for a funeral). Very difficult to get vaccines up there. My sister has a friend who goes on line and finds people appointments. Not sure how, nor am I asking, but as of next Tuesday, all my eligible family members will have received their first shot. Our only good news during a otherwise difficult week. They are amazed how far along we are here.
It is a miracle given how dreadfully our state leadership handled the pandemic. Perhaps due to our poor health outcomes here, we have a strong infrastructure of health facilities, with outstanding doctors and hospitals in our bigger cities. We also have 39 tribal headquarters in the state; could that be a factor, with their own robust organizations getting people shots? Surely that Is a factor.

On New York Times's tracker of vaccinations, OK is in the top 10 of states. WaPo, however, puts us down in the teens. Other states that were behind us are catching up and passing us now.

It will be interesting to see how we continue to progress once we get past the first wave of people who are eager to get the vaccine. As Pete suggested upthread, our advantage as a state may start to fall behind as we encounter a greater than average resistance to getting the vaccine here than in other states.

Here's hoping we keep it up.